Measurement and control of current/voltage waveforms of microwave transistors using a harmonic load-pull system for the optimum design of high efficiency power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 835-842

  Barataud, Denis ^b   Blache, Fabrice ^b   Mallet, Alain ^b   Bouysse, P Philippe ^b   Nebus, Jean Michel ^b   Villotte, Jean Pierre ^b   Obregon, Juan ^b   Verspecht, Jan ^a,c   Auxemery, Philippe ^d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^d Thomson TCS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE LOOP TECHNIQUE; HARMONIC LOAD PULL SYSTEM; MICROWAVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; VECTORIAL NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0033365514     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.779185     Document Type: Article

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